
It’s a moment everyone hopes to experience someday: being the last rider left in the pen as the World Show placings are announced. When Lane Kail and his horse, Battarang, were announced as the Level 3 Youth 14-18 World Champions this year, it was a moment made especially sweet, not only because it was his last year showing as a youth, but also because years ago, when he first began showing horses, it was Pleasure that hooked him–the same class he became a World Champion in this day. Talk about full circle.
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AUSTIN – Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) today issued an alert to Texas horsemen of an outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) reported by Texas veterinarians after the recent World Championship Barrel Racing (WPRA) Finals in the Waco area on November 5-9. Commissioner Miller is urging all horse owners, trainers, […]
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It seems a fitting time to share this video, after the much-celebrated L3 Senior Western Riding win this week at the 2025 AQHA World Show for the semi-retiring Charlie Cole with Hez Blazin Trouble! After Congress, we had posted the photo of Hez Blazin Trouble, aka Perfect Parker, standing in the lounge of Highpoint Performance […]
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In her last class of the 2025 AQHA World Championship Show, Amateur Sarah Lebsock won Gold in the L2 Senior Trail with Willys Goodride! Sarah bested a field of 52 for the win – watch her EC TV winner’s interview!
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As renowned horseman Charlie Cole of Highpoint Performance Horses enters a different phase of his life, still involved with his clients and increasing his judging commitments, but not training full time, the horse industry has been making a concerted to support him and make their appreciation of him known. This was evident at the 2025 […]
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It’s that last bit that’ll get ya’ every time. And that’s exactly what keeps Michelle Swanson and Carly Estreich-Lueck in business full-time.
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Iressiatable I Candy has earned quite a following as he has shown this year, piloted by Shane Young. Today, the pair won the L2 Junior Western Pleasure for owner Gerri Leigh Pratt at the 2025 AQHA World Championship Show – a win for which Shane is extremely grateful. Watch what he has to say about […]
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Sunday at the 2025 AQHA World Championship Show, 13-year-old Camryn James won the L2 Open Aged Geldings with Manhattan, aka “Manny!” See what Camryn had to say in her EC TV winner’s interview!
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2025 AQHA Pleasure Versatility Challenge Winner Stats from AQHA: Horse Name: The Goldenn Girl Pedigree: 2022 bay mare, Nothin But Nett-A Good Sweet Peach by Good Hotrod Breeder: Bret and Candy Parrish of Pavo, Georgia Owner: Eric Mendrysa of Boerne, Texas Exhibitor: Jesse W. Jones of Pilot Point, Texas Total Class Entries: 16 Second Place: […]
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